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But you can also use them as a reminder of how you felt/who you were when you got them. Even someone who get a very trendy tattoo should keep it: "look how I u
by wiether 1y ago
But you can also use them as a reminder of how you felt/who you were when you got them.
Even someone who get a very trendy tattoo should keep it: "look how I used to follow every trend and how I evolved because I would never do something like that now".
Biologically and philosophically, tattoos are scars.
- mr_mitm 1y agoGetting scars on purpose is a quite questionable decision.
- fwn 1y ago> Getting scars on purpose is a quite questionable decision. Interesting. Why? Isn't it a common and longstanding cultural practice, even among indigenous peoples? Intuitively, I'd say body modification is based on the desire to shape one's own body, something we usually embrace in fitness culture and medicine, for example. I don't have any tattoos or scars, but I can't think of anything that would make them questionable. Perhaps some of the objection arises from a confusion between body modification and self-harm?
- mr_mitm 1y agoJust because something has been done for a long time doesn't mean it's good. We also shouldn't confuse self-mutilation with healthy activities like exercising simply because both "shape one's own body".
- fwn 1y ago> Just because something has been done for a long time doesn't mean it's good. This is true, although it is a good start, right? If a cultural practice has survived for many generations, this alone already indicates that the practice might be compatible with human society, morals, sustainability, etc. > We also shouldn't confuse self-mutilation with healthy activities like exercising simply because both "shape one's own body". True! We should indeed not confuse self-mutilation with healthy activities just because they share some similarities. But would you classify scars or tattoos motivated by aesthetics as self-mutilation? What about piercings, such as holes for earrings or laser hair removal? I believe that is an interesting and unusual position. Do you have an argument in favor of your (so far implicit) take?
- potted_plant_og 1y ago> If a cultural practice has survived for many generations, this alone already indicates that the practice might be compatible with human society, morals, sustainability Does it? This sounds like a disingenuous take that doesn't even pretend to bother with reality. > But would you classify scars or tattoos motivated by aesthetics as self-mutilation? Disingenuous question - the person you're replying to called you out for very obvious collating of body mutilation and fitness/medicine. Are you an AI btw?
- silveraxe93 1y agoTattoos are self-mutilation the same way that taxes are theft. This is the worst argument in the world [1] -[1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yCWPkLi8wJvewPbEp/the-noncentral-fallacy-the-worst-argument-in-the-world https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yCWPkLi8wJvewPbEp/the-noncen...
- mr_mitm 1y agoI was talking about scars. I wasn't the one who said tattoos are scars.
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- vvillena 1y agoAvoid making memories. Keep your brain pristine.
- timdiggerm 1y agoYou're right, you just can't make memories without injecting ink into your skin.
- portaouflop 1y agoYour brain should be smooth and round like a polished marble
- zeekaran 1y agoWait until you hear about intentional scarification
- globular-toast 1y agoOr you could just keep a journal and not, literally, wear your past on your sleeve.
- wiether 1y agoWhy not both? A journal can be lost and/or destroyed quite easily. Whereas you skin is always there. And if it's not, then you have much bigger scars.